This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/1/2012
Offered for auction here is a 1930 print of Henry Flannery's artistic rendition of the first ever Intercollegiate Championship Football Game between Yale and Princeton in 1876. Measures 6" x 9". "File Early Day Football" handwritten on reverse with Henry Flannery Photo, Currier & Ives New York City & Dec 28 1930 stamps. Boston Herald Archives Hologram. (N0440)
The original Boston Herald was founded in 1846 by a group of Boston printers jointly under the name of John A. French & Company. The paper was published as a single two-sided sheet, selling for one cent. This is an original photo, in many cases a Type 1 printed at the time of the event. File copies or type 2 photos are also found, and can be distinguished by the markings on the reverse.